On Wed, 2008-06-18 at 20:38 -0400, web at work wrote: > Firefox 3.0 > Record number of downloads > > 2,950,109 downloads in USA as of 8:34 pm eastern (Wed. June 18th) > 9,533,377 downloads worldwide.
I got mine in an Ubuntu update so that probably isn't in the figures. So the number is probably quite a lot bigger in terms of people who are now upgrades to 3.0 > They were hoping for at least 1 million. > I thing they were under-rating their software > and the people who want the newest version. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat McBride" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:20 PM > Subject: RE: [social] Download Firefox 3.0 Today > > > > HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How do I change the colours on Firefox > > 3.0??????????/ > > Some of them are yellow, and can't be read. ANYBODY, please > > help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Otherwise, I'm going back to Microsoft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. > > > > Pat > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Carrera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 2008/06/17 22:55 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [social] Download Firefox 3.0 Today > > > > > > Rod Engelsman wrote: > >> Done. Very nice. Seems to load pages significantly faster... and here I > >> thought the bottleneck was my Internet connection. > > > > One thing I love about FF3 is that they have really improved the memory > > problems. They fixed 400 bugs/issues related to memory, including many > > memory leaks. They also changed Gecko to use memory more efficiently. > > Let me give some examples: > > > > * Every item in the cache now has a timestamp and as they expire they > > are removed from memory. > > > > * They no longer keep a copy of uncompressed images in memory. > > > > * They switched to a new memory allocator written by a FreeBSD guy. You > > know how hard drives can get fragmented over time, right? Well, memory > > gets fragmented too. You don't notice because you normally run an > > application for only a few hours and when you close it, all the memory > > it was using gets returned. But for an application like Firefox, which > > could be running for several weeks at a time, memory fragmentation does > > matter. I close my FireFox 2 about once every 3 weeks. That's when > > memory consumption gets big enough that I get tired and close it. The > > new memory allocator largely avoids fragmentation. > > > > * One source of memory leaks was not Firefox itself, but the plugins. > > The plugins have access to Firefox internals and they could create > > circular object references where object A has a pointer to object B but > > object B has a pointer to object A. No other part of the program is > > using either A or B but they don't get removed from memory because Gecko > > thinks that they are still in use. Hence, you get a memory leak. Gecko > > 1.9 has something in it that detects most circular references, even when > > they are due to interaction with a plugin, and clears the memory. > > > > > > Anyways, I'm very happy about the changes. My #1 issue with Firefox has > > always been memory consumption. There are other nice new features, but > > memory is my favourite feature. > > > > Cheers, > > Daniel. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.4.0/1507 - Release Date: 08/06/18 > > 07:09 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.4.0/1507 - Release Date: 6/18/2008 > 7:09 AM > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
